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Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers with Applications in Conservation and Exploitation of Aquatic Natural Populations. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13061089. [PMID: 36978629 PMCID: PMC10044284 DOI: 10.3390/ani13061089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Simple Summary In recent decades, societies, states and local authorities have become increasingly aware that for effective long-term management and protection of aquatic ecosystems and populations, it is necessary to take into account the genetic changes occurring in these populations. One type of high-resolution molecular marker suitable for studying the neutral and adaptive genetic diversity of populations is single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). This review is an attempt to show the benefits of using SNPs to recognize natural populations of aquatic animals and detect the threats to them from accidentally or intentionally released farm animals, fishery and global climate changes. It is postulated that conservation actions should protect not only pristine natural populations that are endangered or overfished, but also protect populations of non-threatened species from unnecessarily released semi-domesticated animals. The enhancement of natural populations with farmed material usually reduces their genetic diversity. Experimental size-selective catches of artificially created populations have caused evolutionary changes in the life cycles of fishes. However, fishery-induced evolution in natural populations is difficult to observe. The negative measurable effects on populations can be expected when the number of breeding individuals is reduced below 100, which occurs very rarely in the sea and more often in fragmented freshwater streams, ponds and seasonal rivers. Abstract An increasing number of aquatic species have been studied for genetic polymorphism, which extends the knowledge on their natural populations. One type of high-resolution molecular marker suitable for studying the genetic diversity of large numbers of individuals is single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). This review is an attempt to show the range of applications of SNPs in studies of natural populations of aquatic animals. In recent years, SNPs have been used in the genetic analysis of wild and enhanced fish and invertebrate populations in natural habitats, exploited migratory species in the oceans, migratory anadromous and freshwater fish and demersal species. SNPs have been used for the identification of species and their hybrids in natural environments, to study the genetic consequences of restocking for conservation purposes and the negative effects on natural populations of fish accidentally escaping from culture. SNPs are very useful for identifying genomic regions correlated with phenotypic variants relevant for wildlife protection, management and aquaculture. Experimental size-selective catches of populations created in tanks have caused evolutionary changes in life cycles of fishes. The research results have been discussed to clarify whether the fish populations in natural conditions can undergo changes due to selective harvesting targeting the fastest-growing fishes.
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Genomic stability through time despite decades of exploitation in cod on both sides of the Atlantic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2025453118. [PMID: 33827928 PMCID: PMC8054022 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025453118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The mode and extent of rapid evolution and genomic change in response to human harvesting are key conservation issues. Although experiments and models have shown a high potential for both genetic and phenotypic change in response to fishing, empirical examples of genetic responses in wild populations are rare. Here, we compare whole-genome sequence data of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) that were collected before (early 20th century) and after (early 21st century) periods of intensive exploitation and rapid decline in the age of maturation from two geographically distinct populations in Newfoundland, Canada, and the northeast Arctic, Norway. Our temporal, genome-wide analyses of 346,290 loci show no substantial loss of genetic diversity and high effective population sizes. Moreover, we do not find distinct signals of strong selective sweeps anywhere in the genome, although we cannot rule out the possibility of highly polygenic evolution. Our observations suggest that phenotypic change in these populations is not constrained by irreversible loss of genomic variation and thus imply that former traits could be reestablished with demographic recovery.
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Rougeux C, Bernatchez L, Gagnaire PA. Modeling the Multiple Facets of Speciation-with-Gene-Flow toward Inferring the Divergence History of Lake Whitefish Species Pairs (Coregonus clupeaformis). Genome Biol Evol 2018; 9:2057-2074. [PMID: 28903535 PMCID: PMC5737413 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Parallel divergence across replicated species pairs occurring in similar environmental contrasts may arise through distinct evolutionary scenarios. Deciphering whether such parallelism actually reflects repeated parallel divergence driven by divergent selection or a single divergence event with subsequent gene flow needs to be ascertained. Reconstructing historical gene flow is therefore of fundamental interest to understand how demography and selection jointly shaped genomic divergence during speciation. Here, we use an extended modeling framework to explore the multiple facets of speciation-with-gene-flow with demo-genetic divergence models that capture both temporal and genomic variation in effective population size and migration rate. We investigate the divergence history of replicate sympatric species pairs of Lake Whitefish (normal benthic and dwarf limnetic) characterized by variable degrees of ecological divergence and reproductive isolation. Genome-wide SNPs were used to document the extent of genetic differentiation in each species pair, and 26 divergence models were fitted and compared with the unfolded joint allele frequency spectrum of each pair. We found evidence that a recent (circa 3,000–4,000 generations) asymmetrical secondary contact between expanding postglacial populations has accompanied Whitefish diversification. Our results suggest that heterogeneous genomic differentiation has emerged through the combined effects of linked selection generating variable rates of lineage sorting across the genome during geographical isolation, and heterogeneous introgression eroding divergence at different rates across the genome upon secondary contact. This study thus provides a new retrospective insight into the historical demographic and selective processes that shaped a continuum of divergence associated with ecological speciation.
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- Clément Rougeux
- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, France.,Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de Montpellier-UMR 5554 UM-CNRS-IRD-EPHE, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, France
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Bernatchez L, Wellenreuther M, Araneda C, Ashton DT, Barth JMI, Beacham TD, Maes GE, Martinsohn JT, Miller KM, Naish KA, Ovenden JR, Primmer CR, Young Suk H, Therkildsen NO, Withler RE. Harnessing the Power of Genomics to Secure the Future of Seafood. Trends Ecol Evol 2017; 32:665-680. [PMID: 28818341 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Best use of scientific knowledge is required to maintain the fundamental role of seafood in human nutrition. While it is acknowledged that genomic-based methods allow the collection of powerful data, their value to inform fisheries management, aquaculture, and biosecurity applications remains underestimated. We review genomic applications of relevance to the sustainable management of seafood resources, illustrate the benefits of, and identify barriers to their integration. We conclude that the value of genomic information towards securing the future of seafood does not need to be further demonstrated. Instead, we need immediate efforts to remove structural roadblocks and focus on ways that support integration of genomic-informed methods into management and production practices. We propose solutions to pave the way forward.
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- Louis Bernatchez
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Port Nelson, Nelson 7043, New Zealand; Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas Departamento de Producción Animal, Avda. Santa Rosa 11315, La Pintana 8820808, Santiago, Chile
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Port Nelson, Nelson 7043, New Zealand
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station, 3190 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7, Canada
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, Comparative Genomics Centre, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811 QLD, Australia; Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Genomics Core, UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate D - Sustainable Resources, Unit D2 - Water and Marine Resources, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station, 3190 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7, Canada
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Molecular Fisheries Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Biosciences, Institute of Biotechnology, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do 38541, South Korea
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station, 3190 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7, Canada
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Hansen MM, Rogers SM. Recipient of the 2016 Molecular Ecology Prize: Louis Bernatchez - advancing the conservation of aquatic resources with his contributions on the ecological genomics of adaptation and speciation. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:413-419. [PMID: 28130941 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Michael M Hansen
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116., DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr., NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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